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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-10014043769X

ISBN-139780140437690

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038272404

Product Key Features

Book TitleLegend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicClassics, Short Stories (Single Author), Ghost Stories, General, Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods, People & Places / United States / General

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Fiction

AuthorWashington. Irving

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Notes byHedges, William L.

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal813/.2

SynopsisWhen Washington Irving's Sketch Book first appeared in 1819, readers in America and abroad greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. The pieces about life in England are gently ironic, reflecting the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New. But it is in "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that Irving exhibits his true strength- the ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre. Originally published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent ., Before the fall premiere of the new television series, read the original legend of Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and the singularly spooky town of Sleepy Hollow in Washington Irving's classic book When Washington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and tales originally entitled "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving emerged as America's first successful professional author. This volume includes "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," two of America's most recognizable and loved works of fiction and displays Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture so vividly that readers feel themselves a part of them. And it is on the basis of these two classic tales that Irving is generally credited with inventing the short story as a distinct literary genre. Also included here are gently ironic pieces about life in England that reflect the author's interest in the traditions of the Old World and his longings for his home in the New."